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Table 2 Intraoperative variables

From: Surgery of ascending aorta with complex procedures for aortic dissection through upper mini-sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy

 

Upper ministernotomy(n = 18)a

Median sternotomy(n = 18)a

P value

Catogeries of surgery

  

0.095

ASA + hemi-arch

1 (0.06)

6 (0.33)

 

ASA + total arch

13 (0.72)

8 (0.44)

 

root+ASA

2 (0.11)

1 (0.06)

 

root+ASA + hemi-arch

0

2 (0.11)

 

root+ASA + total arch

2 (0.11)

1 (0.06)

 

CBP time (min)

209 ± 47

218 ± 62

0.595

Crossclamp time (min)

160 ± 38

135 ± 36

0.048

HCA time (min)

40 ± 10

48 ± 20

0.139

  1. ASA ascending aorta, CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, HCA hypothermic circulatory arrest
  2. aContinuous data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, categoric data as number (%)
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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